DETROIT (AP) — A major automaker, large truck stop chain and an electric vehicle charging company are proposing a network that would put charging plugs at 50-mile intervals along highways. General Motors, Pilot Travel Centers and EVgo said they will build 2,000 charging stalls at “up to” 500 Pilot Flying J sites across the nation. [...]
PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the country as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families. With gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, many people are seeking charitable food for the first time, and more are arriving on foot. Inflation is at a [...]
WASHINGTON — Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 11.3 percent in June compared with a year earlier, the latest painful reminder that inflation is running hot through the American economy. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — rose at the fastest pace since [...]
COLUMBUS — Judging success and failure in NHL free agency just hours after the market opened can be tricky, looking into the future to predict which moves will pan out — or not. Looking back at the slew of signings, it seems relatively easy to identify at least one winner and a loser. The Columbus [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Management of the government's only underground nuclear waste repository will be taken over later this year by a company created by one of the largest engineering, construction and project management firms in the world. The U.S. Energy Department last week announced that the new contract with the Bechtel company to oversee the [...]
Rumpke Waste and Recycling, which announced plans earlier this year to construct a $50 million recycling center in Columbus, has announced that Machinex Technologies will install a new system to sort recyclables at the new center. Jeff Snyder, director of recycling at Rumpke, said that by working with Machinex on the new center, the company [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Baker Mayfield said he was "shocked" to learn that he was not included in the Cleveland Browns' future plans earlier this offseason. However, the No. 1 overall NFL draft pick in 2018 has had a few months now to digest the Browns' decision to replace him with Deshaun Watson and is eager [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this week confirmed Steve Dettelbach, a former federal prosecutor, to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, making him the agency's first confirmed director since 2015. Dettelbach takes the reins of the agency as the Biden administration and the Justice Department are fighting to combat a surge [...]
Joining retail giants Amazon and Walmart in offering free grocery delivery to customers who subscribe to proprietary membership programs, Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. has announced the launch of its Boost program. Annual memberships through Boost, priced at $59 and $99, will provide customers unlimited, free grocery delivery on orders of $35 or more, fuel discounts of [...]